A Walk in Their Heels: Meet the Hustle Evangelist
nytimes.comOn a humid weekday evening last month, as shade began to slant across Central Park, a small crowd made a dance floor out of the Bethesda Fountain’s brick terrace.
Disco rhythms pulsed from a DJ booth on one side of the plaza, crowned by a pink-tinted mirrorball. There were moments of voguing and house dancing, and a few children wiggling joyfully.
But most in the group paired off, in every combination of genders, to do the hustle. At the center of the action was Abdiel Jacobsen, known professionally as Abdiel, festive in gold heels and rhinestone-studded shorts.
An organizer of the party — part of a series known as Dance Is Life — Abdiel danced hustle with everybody: a stylish character in a straw fedora, an older dancer in a bright-red polo, a small child in pigtails.
